Great sporting lives
Jul 07, 2021
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Big-game hunter, adventurer, soldier, explorer — Frederick Courteney Selous was a man of many parts. He was also an ardent colonialist and a friend of Cecil Rhodes, so it’s best not to judge his life by modern standards, but to appreciate him for what he was: a great Victorian hero who could ride hard and shoot straight.
He was also
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